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We hold monthly chapters meetings from January through May and September through December at 10:30 a.m.
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The History of Our Chapter
Broken Arrow Creek Chapter, NSDAR, Founding Members
The Broken Arrow Creek Chapter, NSDAR, was founded on June 23, 2014. We are a vibrant chapter focused on helping veterans, local schools, shelters, and other community organizations.
Research reveals that the town's original site was named by the Creek Indians that journeyed from Alabama, where they had a community by the same name. It was so named because they broke the reeds for their arrows near a creek. The town they started grew and Broken Arrow resulted from the construction of the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas (MK&T, or Katy) Railway, which ran from Muskogee to Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the Arkansas Valley Town Site Company incorporated in the Indian Territory to develop town sites, William S. Fears, company secretary, inspected the proposed Katy route, selecting a place near two high mounds southeast of Tulsa. The townsite was laid out on both sides of the Katy Railway, which reached the townsite on April 13, 1903. Secretary Fears decided the name Broken Arrow would be appropriate, as Broken Arrow Creek flowed through this area into the Arkansas River. The name stood and has become a beacon to the love of community we have in the city of Broken Arrow.
Research reveals that the town's original site was named by the Creek Indians that journeyed from Alabama, where they had a community by the same name. It was so named because they broke the reeds for their arrows near a creek. The town they started grew and Broken Arrow resulted from the construction of the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas (MK&T, or Katy) Railway, which ran from Muskogee to Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the Arkansas Valley Town Site Company incorporated in the Indian Territory to develop town sites, William S. Fears, company secretary, inspected the proposed Katy route, selecting a place near two high mounds southeast of Tulsa. The townsite was laid out on both sides of the Katy Railway, which reached the townsite on April 13, 1903. Secretary Fears decided the name Broken Arrow would be appropriate, as Broken Arrow Creek flowed through this area into the Arkansas River. The name stood and has become a beacon to the love of community we have in the city of Broken Arrow.
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